Madagascar Periwinkle Flower
Botanical Name: Catharanthus roseus
Providing plenty of bright light will make periwinkle flower from summer through fall.
Madagascar Periwinkle, Annual Vinca
One of the most reliable, non-stop blooming plants for the hot sun, it produces Phlox-like flowers in many shades and combinations of pink, mauve, white, red and rose.
The Madagascar periwinkle is a popular ornamental plant found in gardens and homes across the world, and is also used in the treatment of cancer.
Catharanthus roseus (Image: Andrew McRobb, RBG Kew)
Species Information ...
Madagascar periwinkle contains a virtual cornucopia of toxic and useful alkaloids. The leaves were sometimes smoked for their narcotic (but dangerous) effects.
Vinca
Madagascar Periwinkle
Celosia argentea var. plumosa
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Common name(s): Madagascar periwinkle, Vinka Catharanthus roseus G. Don (Vinca rosea L.) ...
Madagascar Periwinkle is an annual that is very tolerant of hot, dry climates and relatively infertile soils, flowering prolifically under these difficult conditions.
Catharantus roseus, Vinca rosea (Madagascar Periwinkle, Vinca, Family: Apocynaceae)
Catophractes alexandri (Trumpet Thorn, Family: Bignoniaceae)
Cattleya sp., Laelia sp. (Cattleya Orchid, Family: Orchidaceae) ...
Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)
African Violet (the trailing varieties, Saintpaulia ionantha)
Amethyst Flower (Browallia speciosa)
Primula (Primula obconica)
Lucky Clover (Oxalis)
Jerusalem Cherry (Solanum pseudocapsicum) ...
The vincristine alkaloids that are so effective in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease were discovered in the Madagascar periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus.
Catharanthus roseus, Apocynaceae, VINCA, MADAGASCAR PERIWINKLE
Leaves opposite, oblong, glossy dark green. Flowers are rose-pink to mauve, to white. Slender corolla tube about 1" long. Most grow upright to 18" tall but there are trailing varieties.
Nombres relacionados: Apocynaceae (familia), Dominica (castellano), Flor del príncipe (castellano), Lochnera rosea (sinónimo), Madagascar Periwinkle (inglés), Nomedejes (castellano), Pervenche de Madagascar (francés), Pervinca tropical (castellano), ...
This plant is known by three names: Vinca, Periwinkle (or Madagascar Periwinkle), and Myrtle. Botanists will tell you that there is also a separate strain or variety of Periwinkle. Vinca are native to North America, Europe, China and India.
bright-eyes, Cape periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, old-maid, periwinkle, pink periwinkle, rose periwinkle, rosy periwinkle, vinca
Family
Apocynaceae ...
With heat, drought and poor soil tolerance, annual vinca (Catharanthus roseus), also known as Madagascar periwinkle, is a very popular annual in South Carolina.
Height/Spread ...
In the lower deserts of Arizona and California, June is a month of harvest rather than planting, although hot-weather annuals such as cockscomb, Madagascar periwinkle, portulaca, and annual salvias may be planted early this month for summer bloom.
Species and varieties
Vinca major (Periwinkle)
Vinca minor (Dwarf Periwinkle)
Vinca rosea synonym of Catharanthus roseus (Vinca, Madagascar Periwinkle) ...
Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus, Vinca rosea)
Magic lily, resurrection lily (Lycoris squamigera)
Magnolia (Magnolia species)
Maiden grass, Eulalia grass (Miscanthus sinensis)
Maltese cross (Lychnis chalcedonica) ...
Madagascar periwinkle; rose periwinkle Catharanthus roseus
Mahaleb cherry; perfumed cherry Prunus mahaleb
maidens tears Silene vulgaris
maile-hohono Ageratum conyzoides
Malayan ground orchid Spathoglottis plicata ...
Mediterranean Mix Madagascar Periwinkle [English]: Catharanthus roseus 'Mediterranean Mix'
Mediterranean Mood Daylily [English]: Hemerocallis 'Mediterranean Mood'
Mediterranean Mustard [English]: Hirschfeldia incana ...
 See also: Periwinkle, Vinca, Green, May, Catharanthus roseus
  
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